J. I. Case Goods and Agricultural Notes from 1883
Advertises J I Case steel beam plows and other farm goods followed by College Notes praising co education at the Agricultural College. Highlights Miss Martha Sinclair as preceptress and Mrs Welch in domestic economy. Urges kitchen science as central to civilization and quotes Garrick. Includes Lena letters from Huron March 25 1883 describing Dakota land boom and immigration to Hand County with farmers from Iowa and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural College
Martha Sinclair
Welch
Houron
Harrold
Huron
Story County
Iowa
Illinois
Ames
Dakota
Sallie Hoecarr
Polk City fights C N W over cut off abuse claims
Polk City residents allege the Chicago and North Western Railroad has shamefully interfered with the cut-off and neglected the town by allowing even a light shower to disrupt operations. They cite trains and mail being passed by, leaving Polk City on a hill repeatedly ignored, a matter of statewide railroad interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk City
State Register
Harvest and shipment notes across egg producing regions
January harvest ends in most Australian districts as shipments of the new crop proceed. The list covers Chile, New Zealand, Argentina and expands through February to December with regions including Egypt, India, Persia, Asia Minor, the Americas, Europe, and Africa. The varied schedule shows seasonally aligned agricultural activity worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Chili
New Zealand
Argentine Republic
Egypt
India
Syria
Cyprus
Persia
Asia Minor
Mexico
Cuba
Algeria
Texas
Florida
Morocco
China
Japan
Central Asia
California
Oregon
United States
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Hungary
Turkey
Roumania
Danube
Russia
France
Greece
Sicily
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Kansas
Arkansas
Utah
Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New England
New York
Upper Canada
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Poland
United Kingdom
Belgium
Holland
Manitoba
Columbia
British
Lower Canada
Hudson’s Bay Territory
Denmark
Scotland
England
America
Sweden
Peru
South Africa
Cheek as the strongest element of American character
The passage extols cheek as a decisive force in business, politics, and society. It contrasts bold, audacious individuals with truly great minds who are overlooked, noting cheekiness as a driver of success and congressional influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Beaconsfield
Cheek
Congress
Shilohs Cure Promises Quick Relief from Cough and Dyspepsia
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Cure as a quick remedy for hacking coughs, dyspepsia, liver complaint, and sleepless nights with bold guarantees. It targets readers seeking rapid relief with medicinal claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Catarras Health Claim and Remedy Sold Locally
Patent remedy advertisement announces Shilohs Catarrh Remedy claims health benefits and mentions a nasal injector free with purchase. Price listed at 50 cents. Sold by Bradley and Templeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Bradley & Templeton
Reverend Hen son on quitting smoking and chimera remark
The Burlington Hawkeye quotes Rev Dr Henson describing quitting smoking as having “a sort of chimera bombinans in vacua.” The piece uses comic, archaic phrasing and mentions cigars and a jest about purity of breath in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Hawkeye
Henson
Malvolino
St. George
America
Telephone Test Connects Chicago and New York
A successful telephone link between Chicago and New York covered 970 miles. The feat signals rapid progress in the invention spirit and promises to erase distance in practical communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Marsh's Golden Balsam Praised By Patients And Merchants
Testimonials from D H Wilson Creston IA E E Hall Hall's Summit KS R A Jackson Quincy IN and P R Crisp Monroe City MO endorse Marsh's Golden Balsam as a rapid effective throat and lung remedy. Bradley Templeton Ames IA sell large bottles for 50 cents and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh
D. H. Wilson
Creston
Iowa
E. E. Hall
Hall’s Summit
Kansas
R. A. Jackson
Quincy
P. R. Crisp
Monroe City
Bradley & Templeton, Druggists
Ames
Parker's Ginger Tonic Praised for Family Relief
The Salem Argus notes Parker's Ginger Tonic has helped a family by relieving sickness and suffering, suggesting its usefulness beyond medical recommendations. The item highlights the tonic as a trusted remedy within households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Salem Argus
Continent Magazine Prospectus For Free Specimen Copy
The column invites readers to request a specimen copy of The Continent Judge Tour gee's Illustrated Weekly Magazine. It cites praise from the New York Herald and a testimonial from Mrs. J Voorvarr of Keokuk Iowa endorsing Brown's Iron Bitters via Sarion's Family Remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospectus
Continent
Tourgee
Illustrated Weekly
New York Herald
Baltimore
Mary E. Brasmanx
Prestman St
Money to Loan and Local Purchases in Nevada Iowa
Inx and Allen offer money to loan in any amount with real estate or other security. Terms range from 30 days to one year for non real estate, and one to five years for real estate loans. They also buy first class notes. Office with M C Allen at Briggs Bank building Nevada Iowa. M E Sirx and M C Allen Johnson's Grove Nevada. They buy crockery and glassware of C F Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inx & Allen
M. C. Allen
Briggs’ Bank
Nevada
Iowa
M. E. Sirx
Johnson's Grove
Ae Chase
Printing Office for Sale in The Intelligencer
Complete printing office on sale including Washington hand press nine column Peerless jobber Leader paper cutter and abundant job and newspaper type with imposing stones rules and dashes all machinery and type new selling cheaply with part cash and part bankable paper address The Intelligencer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Hand Press
Intelligencer
Butter and Eggs Market Price Announcement
The highest cash price for Butter and Eggs is posted at T. K. Soper's Boot and Shoe Store. Signed by Hl. Runyon in Ames on February 22, 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Soper
Hl. Runyon
Ames
Land for sale near College with 150 bearing trees
Four hundred acres described as 205 acres for sale at 30 dollars per acre includes a good house 150 bearing trees and proximity to a college within three quarters of a mile. Features include 100 acres in cultivation timber water and pasture with immediate possession. Inquiries directed to W. H. Fitchpatrick.
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College
W. H. Fitchpatrick
Greene County
Dave
Greensboro
Monongahela
Ieee
Local Farm implements stock arrives in Nevada Iowa
J. C. Mitchey in Nevada Iowa announces a large stock of Harrows Corn Stalk Cutters Corn Planters Check Rover Attachments Walking Plows Sulky Plows Corn Cultivators Seeders and other farm machinery items all first class goods available to buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Mitchey
Nevada
Iowa
Farms for sale and land parcels near Ames and Story City
Several farms offered by A E Lucas Nevada Iowa with multiple parcels including E 4 Lots 2 and 3 Block 6 Black's 3rd add Ames. Also a dwelling south of the old School House and B F Allen inquiries in Story City Iowa. Sale terms include small cash payment and long-time balance. Also Buk seed for sale by F Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Ames
B. F. Allen
Story City
Iowa
Farm loan offer from A E Lucas in Nevada
A E Lucas offers farm loans with short notice funding. Low money, annual interest, and principal payable in installments when desired. Charges are reasonable. Office at Farmer's Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Lucas
Nevada
Farmer’s Bank
Wanted 100 Head of Cattle for Pasture
Advertisement seeks 100 head of cattle for the coming season with good feed and water. Contact A. P. Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Conor
Tailor Henry Lightner Opens Ames Shop Again
The undersigned invites old friends and customers and new patrons to visit his first-class garments at the shop above McDowell's billiard hall on the west front room in Ames. Henry Lightner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
McDowel
Billiard Hall
West Front
Ileenry Lightner
Testimonial for Zoa Phora from Miss C G Sold by Bosworth
Miss C G from Mishawaka Indiana writes that overwork caused prolapsus for five years and Zoa Phora relieved her symptoms after one and a half bottles. She says she is not entirely well but works hard and is better than expected, and grants permission to use her full address for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka
Ind
Pengelly
C. G
D. 8. Bosworth & Co
WilsontrA Cure Ad Claims Wide Disease List
An advertisement asserts WilsontrA will cure paralysis catarrh rheumatism nervous debility back pain bronchitis asthma dyspepsia and many other chronic diseases where medicine failed. It touts a marvelous record and directs readers to see the advertisement on the other page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilsontra
Merrill's Ingenious Method for Easy Piano Instruction
A new method claims to teach playing familiar airs on piano or organ without prior musical knowledge. It asserts any person, including children, can play and learn notes easily, promising simple unfolding of music theory and applauded as a marvel of instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Yy Huls
A. B. Chase
Debating Forests and Climate in Ohio The Ithuriel View
In Cincinnati a commentator questions the theory that deforestation alters climate. S. A. Miller and Samuel dispute famed forestry claims, asserting rainfall stability across New England to Ohio and noting that only major geological changes affect climate, not tree clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithuriel
Cincinnati Enquirer
Eden Park
Society of Natural History
S. A. Miller
Ohio
Miller
Samuel
New England
Charles Lyell
New York
Smithsonian Institution
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Virginia
California
Illinois
Indiana
Marietta
America
Sam
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Gulf
Arkansas
Tennessee
Central States
Great Lakes
Cordilleras
Asia
Lakea
J. I. Whitney
Upper
Portsmouth
Lower
Oho
Kentucky
New York Suon Paris Figaro Publish Prince Napoleon Manifesto
The Paris Figaro alone published Prince Napoleon's manifesto and sold 300000 copies. The report notes this late in the evening development tied to Secopbaastania events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris Figaro
Prince Napoleon
Secopbaastania
Norther weather talk and a Montana Texan duel in a Western tale
A dialogue in a Detroit Free Press piece features a Texan and a Montana man trading exaggerated claims about northern winds. The Texan boasts of speeds and feats, while the Montana man counters with more measured lines. The banter shifts to memories of a mother and home as the scene ends with reflective nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Montana
Sranger
Emungie
Montangsman
Death Bed Repentance in Indianapolis Review
A discussion condemns death bed repentance as a misguided practice. Alexander Stephen’s physician Dr Steiner recalls Stephen’s refusal of last minute religious relief, insisting he lived daily as if it were his last and had no need for special death preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Alexander Stephen
Steiner
Praining the Dismal Swamp
Scientific American notes the Dismal Swamp in Virginia has shrunk over twenty years and faces extinction. A potential drainage of Lake Drummond could unlock fertile land, a Gov. Butler project once surveyed but abandoned. Lumber is the swamp’s main industry with rudimentary tramways and canals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Virginia
Lake Drummond
Benjamin F. Butler
Arrested for carrying a pistol in Arkansas tale
A magistrate questions a man arraigned for gun possession. The weapon is shown and priced at fifteen dollars. The judge tests the pistol, offers ten dollars as boot, and the suspect pays a ten dollar fine to settle the matter with a joke on balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansaw
Protecting the obelisk in Central Park
A move to shield the Central Park obelisk from weather damage is underway. Proposals include a glass case or a large museum with a tower around the obelisk. No decision yet, but some protection seems likely, possibly a tariff or a liver pad as a humorous aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Central Park
New York
Ingenious Connecticut Burglary Trap
A country store keeper devised a floor trap that aligned with boards. By night the door released under a thief stepping on it, dropping him into a pit in the cellar. The pit kept the robber prisoner until later discovery and arrest, with the trap ready for a second crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Connecticut
Gaich
Mister Jonnice and the Crocodile in a Pond Tale
A San Francisco Argonaut retold tale follows Mister Jonnice who sits by a pond with a wooden leg. A hungry crocodile lurks, the keeper warns him, and a witty exchange ends with whisky offered and the animal still near Mister Jonnice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Johnny
San Francisco
Mister Jonnice
Jonnice
Mister Jennice
Jonnie
Conversation overheard on a Boston horse car
Two women discuss a Cape Cod man who killed his children guided by a belief from the Lord and a life after three days. They remark on the delusion and possible hospital stay and note the attempt at humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Courier
Cape Cod
Eis
Philadelphia News Notes on Tabothia Senate Career and Scandal
A Philadelphia item discusses Tabothia six weeks into his Senate career and critiques his Washington style including his divorce and remarriage. It lampoons his public image and compares him to Bardwell Slate from The Mighty Dollar as an exaggerated character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia News
Tabothia
Washington
Hon
Bardwell
Lover proposes during runaway drive in accident
While taking his young lady on a drive, Charley tried to pop the question and pulled the horse aside. the trap hit a mile post, the girl was thrown high, then fainted after she exclaimed yes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
Daring to-day seeks aid for long debt of love
A fragmentary verse note questions how to pay for affection and housework as time passes. The speaker wonders who will handle the duties and whether the interest of enduring devotion will endure years longer. The text blends domestic strains with romantic longing.
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Tex
Hall
Hanns
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He Intelligencer
Official Directory
C. G. McCanruy
Ll. L. Smrre
J. A. Minas
A. K. Banks
Joua
Il. Hosverrer
Serveyor
Board OF Supervisors
Anpenersland
KR. W. Ballard
AntThony
Union Township
Howard Township
Collins Township
The
Baptist Church
Ma. Wriart
M. EB. Church
Ervices Eve Soutey
Ace
Congregational Church
Theta Arcossary
Sociable
Bennett
Masonic
AG Lodge NO
F. & O Masons
EB. D. Faason
Es C. EK. Taylor
United Workmen
Ellsworth Post
Masonic Hall
Henry Wilson Jr
Bosworth
J .C. E. Haverly
Henorabl
Stevens & Hays
Bradley &T
McCarthy & Connolly, Attenta
AT Law
Collection Tone
Hracley & Templeton
Geo. A. Underwood
U.S
H. J. Templeton
Armes
G. A. Meredith
Ames, Etc
Frazee
New Buiding
B. Crambill
New York House
C. A Beverly
Surgeoun
M. BR. Church
Lewis Schooler
Aevaca
W.f. Laidley
Nsurance Agency
Iy- R&r Petligeencer
M. C. Pearson
Standart
W. Brown
Chas. E. Hunt
Teeter
Andrusa
West House
Livk
TC Mccall
C. E. Taylor
Insurance and Loan
AF Ein
Stevens, McCarthy & Connelly
Posite Opera Hall
J. L. Bartlett
Boyd Building
Apres, Iowa
Mutual Endowment and Accident Association of
Bath
G. IL. Wheeler
Ron
David Ruwney
Presidenti
Wheeler
Couroun
Mary Ragleberger
Ames Intelligencer
J. I. Case & Co
J. I. Case
Thomas
Bingham & CO
Ministry of Science
Garrick
Promised Land
NurseryMex
Jennie LockKwoop
Thayer
M. W. Quick
I. Stamp
C. F. Wheeler
Hiram Sibley
D. M. Ferry
Gro. H
J. C. Mircnear
Keystone
Choice Family Flour
Niki Head
Chicago, Melwaukee and ST. Paul Railway
Milwaukee
LaCrosse
Winona
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Madison
Prairie du Chien
Mason City
Sioux City
Yankton
Albert Lea
Aberdeen
Pubugque
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Chicago, Milwaukee and St.Paul
Milwaukee and Saint Paul
Hemstreet
NEW Meat Market
Poultry
BITC
Armoilyvy Slowur
Ben. Read
Opera House
Winkixees & Co
Bright
Sarion
Buk Seed
F. Wheeler
Everbody
Merrill
Pennsylvania
Robert J. Burdette
Norristown Herald
Wiggins
Veunor
Detroit Free Press
Allegheny
Alleg
fAlegtenyrs
New York Sun
Jay Gould
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Union Bank OF Ames
W. M. Gaeetoy
S General Banking
Brown
Ron Brrrers
Chris
J. Kyis Mowracyva
Vine St
Tura Hess
Chicago & North
Celecade
Wyeneing
Idaho
Iory
British Columbia
Sandwich Islands
Gan
DAKC
da Nortshdeni I
Central
Cheaeta
Tra
Union
Junction
Northwest
Western
Minne
Alliance
West
North
Chicago Piano CO
van Buren St
Chicago, Ill
Miller Bros. Cutlery CO
Eriden, Conn
Acme
Pty Carta
Lars
H. Terai Co
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